He married Catherine Chambers October 1901 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois
They had no children; she died young
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1894
THE ticket and freight departments of the Big Four in this city have been divided. Mr. L. T. Oastle has charge of the freight department only and Mr George H. Hamilton this morning received his commission appointing him ticket agent.
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1894
George Hamilton: "The name Upper Alton Station is confusing to strangers, and it detracts from Alton's Importance. People when they get to the station, say: 'Oh, this is
Upper Alton,' when in fact its Alton. Again, persons from south of Alton who want to go to the glass works, seldom know they should get off at Upper Alton station until its too late and they have to take the street cars back. The station should be named "Glass Works Station."
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1898
Mr. George H. Hamilton" has been appointed ticket agent at Upper Alton in addition to his duties as Alton agent for the Big Four
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1898
George Hamilton has resolved to grow chin whiskers so ho will resemble President Ingalls of the Big Four, and mavbe he will draw the salary of the president for a few minutes
The Globe-Democrat's Portrait Gallery, Railroad Officials: M. E. Ingalls, Big Four
Date: 1892
Creator: Sanders Engraving Co.
Category: People
Type: Painting/Drawing/Etching/Other
Permission: St. Louis Mercantile Library
Source: Shewey, Arista C. Shewey's Pictorial St. Louis: Past and Present. St. Louis: Arista C. Shewey, 1892.
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1899
George Hamilton has been granted a leave of absence to visit his sister in St. Paul
THE ALTON TELEGRAPH - OCTOBER 28, 1901
Mr. George Hamilton has left for Mattoon, Illinois where he will be married tomorrow to Miss Carrie Chambers, ol Anderson, Indiana The ceremony will be performed by Rev. J. B. Homer, of tho Mattoon Methodist church. On their return to Alton, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will make their home with Mr. Hamilton's sister, Mrs. Wm. Penrose (Fannie Hamilton), on East Second street. George has taken with him tho good-wishes and congratulations of all his many friends in Alton, and on their return Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will lind a most cordial welcome awaiting them.
ALTON TELEGRAPH 1916
Checked Out Burlington Agent.
: The'auditors of the Big Pour and the Burlington railroad were 'here Monday checking out. George Hamilton as agent for the Burlington railroad. The Burlington has turned their business over to the Ilinois Terminal and Jesse Porrso will be the agent for the company at Alton.
1920
Entertained for Out-of-Town Guests.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hamilton entertained the Middletown Card Club Saturday night at their home in honor of their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Rinaldo Norman, of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. William
-Owens and 'Mrs. Wallace Smith of Macon, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jackson of St. Louis and Mr. and Mrs. Wlllfam .Penrose Wood; River were * W. F. M. 8. With Mr*. J. B. Kel«ey.
1928
Hamilton Funeral to be held on Thursday
Funeral services for George Hamilton will be conducted at the home of William Penrose (fannie hamilton). 817 Wood River Avenue, in Wood River, at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. by the Rev. O. W. Heggemeier. pastor of the Evangelical church. Burial will be in Alton City cemetery. Mr ami Mrs. Douglas Smith and son Lloyd of Macon, Mo., Mrs. (dorothy penrose) R A Norman and Miss June Reilly of Indianapolis and Mrs. Nannie Bemis of St. Paul, Minn , are here for the funeral.
ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH 1928
G. Hamilton, Aged 56. Dies In His Sleep
Big Four Freight Agent Apparently Had Been in Good Health
Came Here as Boy
Began Railroad Career as Telegraph Operator on Old Bluff Line
George H. Hamilton, freight agent or the Big Four railroad at Alton, was founded dead In his bed this morning at the home of William Penrose in Wood River. He was 56 years of age. The death of Mr. Hamilton was a great surprise. He had been at his work Monday and- was in apparently good health. That evening he gave no indication of anything being wrong with him and he retired at the usual time. He was heard stirring about his room at 2 o'clock, and then all was quiet again. At 7 o'clock when he did not rise he was found dead in his bed, apparently having passed out in his sleep. He began his career as a railroad man as a telegraph operator on the old Bluff Line. Then he secured a place with the Big Four railroad and was transferred to the post of passenger and ticket agent at Union Depot in Alton. He served in that capacity in the days when the Big Four and the Alton maintained separate ticket offices, with O. Q. Norris ns the C. & A. agent. He was a capable passenger agent and did a big business for his railroad. In those days the Big Four had a heavy passenger business out of Alton. It was before that railroad began a systematic withdrawal of its service. Mr. Hamilton was an energetic man and he added to the popularity of his line by giving the best of service so far as he could do anything about it. It was in the days when the Illinois G'.ass Co. had glassblowers employed and it was the practise of many hundreds of those glassblowers to climb on trains the last night the factories worked, at the close of the season, and go east. It was a great piece of business for a railroad to get nnd there was stiff competition for it. Mr. Hamilton used to get the lion share for.his railroad company. As a business getter he was so good the railroad decided to yield to his insistent requests for transfer to the freight department and when a vacancy occured in the office of agent, Mr. Hamilton was appointed to the position. He gave satisfaction in that capacity as he had done as passenger agent. Mr. Hamilton came to Alton as a boy and spent all of his time here since. He was a man of jovial disposition and very popular. As a boy he had been a messenger for the Western Union and learned the telegraphy. When he has perfected himself in that he began his search for a railroad job and having found one he kept at it as lone as he lived. There was never n time that he failed to keep nn eye out for the interest of his railroad. He was intensely zealous in the interests of his employers. He was filled with the old traditions of railroad; which would make a man ready to go any length to serve his employers. It was said at the Penrose home today that Mr. Hamilton hnd spent last evening playing pinochle before retiring for the night. At his office he was said to have been in high spirits during the day and appeared to be (n the best of health. Mr. Hamilton leaves two sister.1;, Mrs. (Lydia) Douglas Smith, ot Macon, MO., and Mrs. FAnnie Bemis of St. Paul, Minn., both former residents of Alton,
They had no children; she died young
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1894
THE ticket and freight departments of the Big Four in this city have been divided. Mr. L. T. Oastle has charge of the freight department only and Mr George H. Hamilton this morning received his commission appointing him ticket agent.
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1894
George Hamilton: "The name Upper Alton Station is confusing to strangers, and it detracts from Alton's Importance. People when they get to the station, say: 'Oh, this is
Upper Alton,' when in fact its Alton. Again, persons from south of Alton who want to go to the glass works, seldom know they should get off at Upper Alton station until its too late and they have to take the street cars back. The station should be named "Glass Works Station."
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1898
Mr. George H. Hamilton" has been appointed ticket agent at Upper Alton in addition to his duties as Alton agent for the Big Four
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1898
George Hamilton has resolved to grow chin whiskers so ho will resemble President Ingalls of the Big Four, and mavbe he will draw the salary of the president for a few minutes
The Globe-Democrat's Portrait Gallery, Railroad Officials: M. E. Ingalls, Big Four
Date: 1892
Creator: Sanders Engraving Co.
Category: People
Type: Painting/Drawing/Etching/Other
Permission: St. Louis Mercantile Library
Source: Shewey, Arista C. Shewey's Pictorial St. Louis: Past and Present. St. Louis: Arista C. Shewey, 1892.
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1899
George Hamilton has been granted a leave of absence to visit his sister in St. Paul
THE ALTON TELEGRAPH - OCTOBER 28, 1901
Mr. George Hamilton has left for Mattoon, Illinois where he will be married tomorrow to Miss Carrie Chambers, ol Anderson, Indiana The ceremony will be performed by Rev. J. B. Homer, of tho Mattoon Methodist church. On their return to Alton, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will make their home with Mr. Hamilton's sister, Mrs. Wm. Penrose (Fannie Hamilton), on East Second street. George has taken with him tho good-wishes and congratulations of all his many friends in Alton, and on their return Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will lind a most cordial welcome awaiting them.
ALTON TELEGRAPH 1916
Checked Out Burlington Agent.
: The'auditors of the Big Pour and the Burlington railroad were 'here Monday checking out. George Hamilton as agent for the Burlington railroad. The Burlington has turned their business over to the Ilinois Terminal and Jesse Porrso will be the agent for the company at Alton.
1920
Entertained for Out-of-Town Guests.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hamilton entertained the Middletown Card Club Saturday night at their home in honor of their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Rinaldo Norman, of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. William
-Owens and 'Mrs. Wallace Smith of Macon, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jackson of St. Louis and Mr. and Mrs. Wlllfam .Penrose Wood; River were * W. F. M. 8. With Mr*. J. B. Kel«ey.
1928
Hamilton Funeral to be held on Thursday
Funeral services for George Hamilton will be conducted at the home of William Penrose (fannie hamilton). 817 Wood River Avenue, in Wood River, at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. by the Rev. O. W. Heggemeier. pastor of the Evangelical church. Burial will be in Alton City cemetery. Mr ami Mrs. Douglas Smith and son Lloyd of Macon, Mo., Mrs. (dorothy penrose) R A Norman and Miss June Reilly of Indianapolis and Mrs. Nannie Bemis of St. Paul, Minn , are here for the funeral.
ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH 1928
G. Hamilton, Aged 56. Dies In His Sleep
Big Four Freight Agent Apparently Had Been in Good Health
Came Here as Boy
Began Railroad Career as Telegraph Operator on Old Bluff Line
George H. Hamilton, freight agent or the Big Four railroad at Alton, was founded dead In his bed this morning at the home of William Penrose in Wood River. He was 56 years of age. The death of Mr. Hamilton was a great surprise. He had been at his work Monday and- was in apparently good health. That evening he gave no indication of anything being wrong with him and he retired at the usual time. He was heard stirring about his room at 2 o'clock, and then all was quiet again. At 7 o'clock when he did not rise he was found dead in his bed, apparently having passed out in his sleep. He began his career as a railroad man as a telegraph operator on the old Bluff Line. Then he secured a place with the Big Four railroad and was transferred to the post of passenger and ticket agent at Union Depot in Alton. He served in that capacity in the days when the Big Four and the Alton maintained separate ticket offices, with O. Q. Norris ns the C. & A. agent. He was a capable passenger agent and did a big business for his railroad. In those days the Big Four had a heavy passenger business out of Alton. It was before that railroad began a systematic withdrawal of its service. Mr. Hamilton was an energetic man and he added to the popularity of his line by giving the best of service so far as he could do anything about it. It was in the days when the Illinois G'.ass Co. had glassblowers employed and it was the practise of many hundreds of those glassblowers to climb on trains the last night the factories worked, at the close of the season, and go east. It was a great piece of business for a railroad to get nnd there was stiff competition for it. Mr. Hamilton used to get the lion share for.his railroad company. As a business getter he was so good the railroad decided to yield to his insistent requests for transfer to the freight department and when a vacancy occured in the office of agent, Mr. Hamilton was appointed to the position. He gave satisfaction in that capacity as he had done as passenger agent. Mr. Hamilton came to Alton as a boy and spent all of his time here since. He was a man of jovial disposition and very popular. As a boy he had been a messenger for the Western Union and learned the telegraphy. When he has perfected himself in that he began his search for a railroad job and having found one he kept at it as lone as he lived. There was never n time that he failed to keep nn eye out for the interest of his railroad. He was intensely zealous in the interests of his employers. He was filled with the old traditions of railroad; which would make a man ready to go any length to serve his employers. It was said at the Penrose home today that Mr. Hamilton hnd spent last evening playing pinochle before retiring for the night. At his office he was said to have been in high spirits during the day and appeared to be (n the best of health. Mr. Hamilton leaves two sister.1;, Mrs. (Lydia) Douglas Smith, ot Macon, MO., and Mrs. FAnnie Bemis of St. Paul, Minn., both former residents of Alton,
He married Catherine Chambers October 1901 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois
They had no children; she died young
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1894
THE ticket and freight departments of the Big Four in this city have been divided. Mr. L. T. Oastle has charge of the freight department only and Mr George H. Hamilton this morning received his commission appointing him ticket agent.
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1894
George Hamilton: "The name Upper Alton Station is confusing to strangers, and it detracts from Alton's Importance. People when they get to the station, say: 'Oh, this is
Upper Alton,' when in fact its Alton. Again, persons from south of Alton who want to go to the glass works, seldom know they should get off at Upper Alton station until its too late and they have to take the street cars back. The station should be named "Glass Works Station."
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1898
Mr. George H. Hamilton" has been appointed ticket agent at Upper Alton in addition to his duties as Alton agent for the Big Four
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1898
George Hamilton has resolved to grow chin whiskers so ho will resemble President Ingalls of the Big Four, and mavbe he will draw the salary of the president for a few minutes
The Globe-Democrat's Portrait Gallery, Railroad Officials: M. E. Ingalls, Big Four
Date: 1892
Creator: Sanders Engraving Co.
Category: People
Type: Painting/Drawing/Etching/Other
Permission: St. Louis Mercantile Library
Source: Shewey, Arista C. Shewey's Pictorial St. Louis: Past and Present. St. Louis: Arista C. Shewey, 1892.
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1899
George Hamilton has been granted a leave of absence to visit his sister in St. Paul
THE ALTON TELEGRAPH - OCTOBER 28, 1901
Mr. George Hamilton has left for Mattoon, Illinois where he will be married tomorrow to Miss Carrie Chambers, ol Anderson, Indiana The ceremony will be performed by Rev. J. B. Homer, of tho Mattoon Methodist church. On their return to Alton, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will make their home with Mr. Hamilton's sister, Mrs. Wm. Penrose (Fannie Hamilton), on East Second street. George has taken with him tho good-wishes and congratulations of all his many friends in Alton, and on their return Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will lind a most cordial welcome awaiting them.
ALTON TELEGRAPH 1916
Checked Out Burlington Agent.
: The'auditors of the Big Pour and the Burlington railroad were 'here Monday checking out. George Hamilton as agent for the Burlington railroad. The Burlington has turned their business over to the Ilinois Terminal and Jesse Porrso will be the agent for the company at Alton.
1920
Entertained for Out-of-Town Guests.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hamilton entertained the Middletown Card Club Saturday night at their home in honor of their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Rinaldo Norman, of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. William
-Owens and 'Mrs. Wallace Smith of Macon, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jackson of St. Louis and Mr. and Mrs. Wlllfam .Penrose Wood; River were * W. F. M. 8. With Mr*. J. B. Kel«ey.
1928
Hamilton Funeral to be held on Thursday
Funeral services for George Hamilton will be conducted at the home of William Penrose (fannie hamilton). 817 Wood River Avenue, in Wood River, at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. by the Rev. O. W. Heggemeier. pastor of the Evangelical church. Burial will be in Alton City cemetery. Mr ami Mrs. Douglas Smith and son Lloyd of Macon, Mo., Mrs. (dorothy penrose) R A Norman and Miss June Reilly of Indianapolis and Mrs. Nannie Bemis of St. Paul, Minn , are here for the funeral.
ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH 1928
G. Hamilton, Aged 56. Dies In His Sleep
Big Four Freight Agent Apparently Had Been in Good Health
Came Here as Boy
Began Railroad Career as Telegraph Operator on Old Bluff Line
George H. Hamilton, freight agent or the Big Four railroad at Alton, was founded dead In his bed this morning at the home of William Penrose in Wood River. He was 56 years of age. The death of Mr. Hamilton was a great surprise. He had been at his work Monday and- was in apparently good health. That evening he gave no indication of anything being wrong with him and he retired at the usual time. He was heard stirring about his room at 2 o'clock, and then all was quiet again. At 7 o'clock when he did not rise he was found dead in his bed, apparently having passed out in his sleep. He began his career as a railroad man as a telegraph operator on the old Bluff Line. Then he secured a place with the Big Four railroad and was transferred to the post of passenger and ticket agent at Union Depot in Alton. He served in that capacity in the days when the Big Four and the Alton maintained separate ticket offices, with O. Q. Norris ns the C. & A. agent. He was a capable passenger agent and did a big business for his railroad. In those days the Big Four had a heavy passenger business out of Alton. It was before that railroad began a systematic withdrawal of its service. Mr. Hamilton was an energetic man and he added to the popularity of his line by giving the best of service so far as he could do anything about it. It was in the days when the Illinois G'.ass Co. had glassblowers employed and it was the practise of many hundreds of those glassblowers to climb on trains the last night the factories worked, at the close of the season, and go east. It was a great piece of business for a railroad to get nnd there was stiff competition for it. Mr. Hamilton used to get the lion share for.his railroad company. As a business getter he was so good the railroad decided to yield to his insistent requests for transfer to the freight department and when a vacancy occured in the office of agent, Mr. Hamilton was appointed to the position. He gave satisfaction in that capacity as he had done as passenger agent. Mr. Hamilton came to Alton as a boy and spent all of his time here since. He was a man of jovial disposition and very popular. As a boy he had been a messenger for the Western Union and learned the telegraphy. When he has perfected himself in that he began his search for a railroad job and having found one he kept at it as lone as he lived. There was never n time that he failed to keep nn eye out for the interest of his railroad. He was intensely zealous in the interests of his employers. He was filled with the old traditions of railroad; which would make a man ready to go any length to serve his employers. It was said at the Penrose home today that Mr. Hamilton hnd spent last evening playing pinochle before retiring for the night. At his office he was said to have been in high spirits during the day and appeared to be (n the best of health. Mr. Hamilton leaves two sister.1;, Mrs. (Lydia) Douglas Smith, ot Macon, MO., and Mrs. FAnnie Bemis of St. Paul, Minn., both former residents of Alton,
They had no children; she died young
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1894
THE ticket and freight departments of the Big Four in this city have been divided. Mr. L. T. Oastle has charge of the freight department only and Mr George H. Hamilton this morning received his commission appointing him ticket agent.
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1894
George Hamilton: "The name Upper Alton Station is confusing to strangers, and it detracts from Alton's Importance. People when they get to the station, say: 'Oh, this is
Upper Alton,' when in fact its Alton. Again, persons from south of Alton who want to go to the glass works, seldom know they should get off at Upper Alton station until its too late and they have to take the street cars back. The station should be named "Glass Works Station."
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1898
Mr. George H. Hamilton" has been appointed ticket agent at Upper Alton in addition to his duties as Alton agent for the Big Four
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1898
George Hamilton has resolved to grow chin whiskers so ho will resemble President Ingalls of the Big Four, and mavbe he will draw the salary of the president for a few minutes
The Globe-Democrat's Portrait Gallery, Railroad Officials: M. E. Ingalls, Big Four
Date: 1892
Creator: Sanders Engraving Co.
Category: People
Type: Painting/Drawing/Etching/Other
Permission: St. Louis Mercantile Library
Source: Shewey, Arista C. Shewey's Pictorial St. Louis: Past and Present. St. Louis: Arista C. Shewey, 1892.
ALTON TELEGRAPH - 1899
George Hamilton has been granted a leave of absence to visit his sister in St. Paul
THE ALTON TELEGRAPH - OCTOBER 28, 1901
Mr. George Hamilton has left for Mattoon, Illinois where he will be married tomorrow to Miss Carrie Chambers, ol Anderson, Indiana The ceremony will be performed by Rev. J. B. Homer, of tho Mattoon Methodist church. On their return to Alton, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will make their home with Mr. Hamilton's sister, Mrs. Wm. Penrose (Fannie Hamilton), on East Second street. George has taken with him tho good-wishes and congratulations of all his many friends in Alton, and on their return Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will lind a most cordial welcome awaiting them.
ALTON TELEGRAPH 1916
Checked Out Burlington Agent.
: The'auditors of the Big Pour and the Burlington railroad were 'here Monday checking out. George Hamilton as agent for the Burlington railroad. The Burlington has turned their business over to the Ilinois Terminal and Jesse Porrso will be the agent for the company at Alton.
1920
Entertained for Out-of-Town Guests.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hamilton entertained the Middletown Card Club Saturday night at their home in honor of their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Rinaldo Norman, of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. William
-Owens and 'Mrs. Wallace Smith of Macon, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jackson of St. Louis and Mr. and Mrs. Wlllfam .Penrose Wood; River were * W. F. M. 8. With Mr*. J. B. Kel«ey.
1928
Hamilton Funeral to be held on Thursday
Funeral services for George Hamilton will be conducted at the home of William Penrose (fannie hamilton). 817 Wood River Avenue, in Wood River, at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. by the Rev. O. W. Heggemeier. pastor of the Evangelical church. Burial will be in Alton City cemetery. Mr ami Mrs. Douglas Smith and son Lloyd of Macon, Mo., Mrs. (dorothy penrose) R A Norman and Miss June Reilly of Indianapolis and Mrs. Nannie Bemis of St. Paul, Minn , are here for the funeral.
ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH 1928
G. Hamilton, Aged 56. Dies In His Sleep
Big Four Freight Agent Apparently Had Been in Good Health
Came Here as Boy
Began Railroad Career as Telegraph Operator on Old Bluff Line
George H. Hamilton, freight agent or the Big Four railroad at Alton, was founded dead In his bed this morning at the home of William Penrose in Wood River. He was 56 years of age. The death of Mr. Hamilton was a great surprise. He had been at his work Monday and- was in apparently good health. That evening he gave no indication of anything being wrong with him and he retired at the usual time. He was heard stirring about his room at 2 o'clock, and then all was quiet again. At 7 o'clock when he did not rise he was found dead in his bed, apparently having passed out in his sleep. He began his career as a railroad man as a telegraph operator on the old Bluff Line. Then he secured a place with the Big Four railroad and was transferred to the post of passenger and ticket agent at Union Depot in Alton. He served in that capacity in the days when the Big Four and the Alton maintained separate ticket offices, with O. Q. Norris ns the C. & A. agent. He was a capable passenger agent and did a big business for his railroad. In those days the Big Four had a heavy passenger business out of Alton. It was before that railroad began a systematic withdrawal of its service. Mr. Hamilton was an energetic man and he added to the popularity of his line by giving the best of service so far as he could do anything about it. It was in the days when the Illinois G'.ass Co. had glassblowers employed and it was the practise of many hundreds of those glassblowers to climb on trains the last night the factories worked, at the close of the season, and go east. It was a great piece of business for a railroad to get nnd there was stiff competition for it. Mr. Hamilton used to get the lion share for.his railroad company. As a business getter he was so good the railroad decided to yield to his insistent requests for transfer to the freight department and when a vacancy occured in the office of agent, Mr. Hamilton was appointed to the position. He gave satisfaction in that capacity as he had done as passenger agent. Mr. Hamilton came to Alton as a boy and spent all of his time here since. He was a man of jovial disposition and very popular. As a boy he had been a messenger for the Western Union and learned the telegraphy. When he has perfected himself in that he began his search for a railroad job and having found one he kept at it as lone as he lived. There was never n time that he failed to keep nn eye out for the interest of his railroad. He was intensely zealous in the interests of his employers. He was filled with the old traditions of railroad; which would make a man ready to go any length to serve his employers. It was said at the Penrose home today that Mr. Hamilton hnd spent last evening playing pinochle before retiring for the night. At his office he was said to have been in high spirits during the day and appeared to be (n the best of health. Mr. Hamilton leaves two sister.1;, Mrs. (Lydia) Douglas Smith, ot Macon, MO., and Mrs. FAnnie Bemis of St. Paul, Minn., both former residents of Alton,
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